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2009 Annual Report 2010 Program Highlights

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Venezuela

Uzbekistan

Uruguay

TurkmenistanTurkey

Tunisia

Thailand

Switzerland

Sri Lanka

Spain

South Africa

Slovenia

Slovakia

Rwanda

Russia

Romania

Poland

Peru

Panama

Morocco

Mexico

Macedonia

Kenya

Italy

Israel

Indonesia

India

Hungary

Guatemala

Greece

Ghana

Germany

France

EthiopiaEl Salvador

Egypt

Ecuador

CzechRepublic

Cuba

Costa Rica

China

Chile

Bulgaria

Brazil

Bolivia

Bangladesh

Azerbaijan

Austria

Armenia

Argentina

Algeria

Albania

Serbia

CroatiaTajikistan

New YorkWorld Headquarters

Myanmar

Colombia

HondurasNicaragua

Paraguay

Belgium

Kyrgyzstan

Zimbabwe

Ukraine

Lithuania

Latvia

Kazakhstan

Estonia

Belarus

MaldivesUganda

GeorgiaMoldova

Bosniaand Herzegovina

Haiti

Venezuela

Uzbekistan

Uruguay

TurkmenistanTurkey

Tunisia

Thailand

Switzerland

Sri Lanka

Spain

South Africa

Slovenia

Slovakia

Rwanda

Russia

Romania

Poland

Peru

Panama

Morocco

Mexico

Macedonia

Kenya

Italy

Israel

Indonesia

India

Hungary

Guatemala

Greece

Ghana

Germany

France

EthiopiaEl Salvador

Egypt

Ecuador

CzechRepublic

Cuba

Costa Rica

China

Chile

Bulgaria

Brazil

Bolivia

Bangladesh

Azerbaijan

Austria

Armenia

Argentina

Algeria

Albania

Serbia

CroatiaTajikistan

New YorkWorld Headquarters

Myanmar

Colombia

HondurasNicaragua

Paraguay

Belgium

Kyrgyzstan

Zimbabwe

Ukraine

Lithuania

Latvia

Kazakhstan

Estonia

Belarus

MaldivesUganda

GeorgiaMoldova

Bosniaand Herzegovina

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JDC worlD mapJDC rescues Jews and others in danger and crisis, alleviates hunger and hardship, and renews and rebuilds emergent Jewish communities. Today, JDC is impacting hundreds of thousands of lives in more than 70 countries worldwide.

JDC IS THErEwHErEVEr JEwS arE IN NEED

mESSagE from THE prESIDENT aND THE CHIEf ExECuTIVE offICErThe state of the economy colored everything we did this past year, challenging us to match scarce resources with sharply expanding needs. Everywhere we operate we saw the stark reality behind the statistics: as the global recession deepened, the impact on the people we serve was profound.

Thanks to the steadfast support of The Jewish Federations of North America and our other donors and partners, we are proud to say that once again JDC rose to the challenge. With tested initiatives and on-the-ground expertise, we responded quickly and effectively to crisis, be it unexpected economic needs in the Baltic countries, political upheaval in Kyrgyzstan, or a devastating earthquake in Haiti.

Through the personal stories that follow, you’ll meet some of the tens of thousands of people whose lives we touch every day. Their stories will grip you and help you see what it is like on the frontlines of global Jewish poverty—where thousands of children go to bed hungry, and tens of thousands of lonely elderly forgo food to purchase medicine, or make do with one meal a day.

a wISE INVESTmENT When you invest in JDC you are making a doubly significant difference in the lives of these Jews in need. For JDC’s strength lies in its ability to leverage funding and partnerships. In Israel, for example, each dollar we spend on innovative programs that are helping to meet social challenges of poverty and dependency leverages $4 in additional funding from the Israeli government and other sources.

Experience and adaptability are JDC watchwords, encouraging us to export successful programs and apply proven initiatives to new situations. For example, programs we devised following the 2001 Argentine financial collapse to help struggling Jewish families are today helping the new Jewish poor in the Baltic countries and Central and Eastern Europe get basic needs and retrain for the job market.

Your confidence in JDC’s ability to deliver put us at the forefront of relief efforts in Haiti in the days following the January earthquake. Your donations enabled us to provide incubators and other critical equipment for the Israel Defense Forces’ field hospital, a remarkable operation that quickly became the talk of the media and made us all so proud. Working with other Israeli organizations and local and international partners, we continue to provide relief and longer-term rehabilitation support as Haiti struggles to recover from the worst disaster to hit this region in 200 years.

a CommITmENT To JEwISH CoNTINuITy Throughout its history JDC has coupled its concern for Jewish lives with an equally firm commitment to strengthening

Jewish life. Today, our Jewish renewal activities span the globe, building self-sustainable communities capable of offering a vital, pluralistic Jewish life to people of all ages and backgrounds. Expert evaluations show that our innovative programming is changing the way communities reach out to the unaffiliated and bringing in people essential to our collective Jewish future.

World events have engendered a heightened feeling of vulnerability in many of the communities we assist. And even as we focus on the larger populations, we also strengthen the smaller, more isolated communities in North Africa and critical parts of Asia through schools, activities for the younger generation, and support services for the poor and

The poorest Jews in the world live in tiny, sweltering, rundown rooms with no air conditioning, no fan, no refrigerator, and in many cases no indoor plumbing. We should do no less for them than we would do for our own parents.

In Germany, home to 200,000 Jews, JDC runs programs that transcend language and cultural and religious backgrounds. Bambinim (meaning children) brings Jewish programming to young families in Berlin that speak German, Russian, Hebrew, or English.JDC has supported the modernization of schools in Morocco and Tunisia to ensure that Jewish children have a high quality Jewish and secular education.

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elderly. In Latin America, our teams of specialists are helping community leaders in countries like Venezuela, Chile, Bolivia, and Argentina deal with the ramifications of political, social, and economic change.

a STroNg NETwork of SupporT As always, we value the strong support of the JDC Board— people of outstanding ability whose commitment to JDC’s multipronged mission is unswerving. The caliber of our staff, too, continues to draw accolades, as does the quality of programming they consistently deliver. We are pleased that our effort to engage North American young adults in overseas service initiatives is giving a new generation a stake in the principle of areivut—of communal responsibility—that has guided this organization since 1914. We also continue to be very grateful for the trust and support we receive from Jewish community Federations throughout North America in partnership with JFNA, the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, UIA Federations Canada, the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, the Maurice and Vivienne Wohl Charitable Foundation, the Swiss Banks Settlement, World Jewish Relief, and other individuals, foundations, and partners around the world.

It is a privilege to be leading this dynamic organization. We believe the path JDC is taking in the present economic climate will enable it to emerge even stronger than before. In what is clearly a turbulent period, you can count on us to maintain the global, responsive infrastructure that for nearly a century has assured Jewish communities around the world that “whenever a Jew is in need, JDC is there.”

“ When There Is A neW IdeA … or A neW ChAllenge, We fIrsT Turn To JdC beCAuse We knoW We WIll geT The besT… A very ProfessIonAl CorPorATe CulTure, And A long-rAnge vIsIon of hoW ThIngs should look In The fuTure….” – Isaac “buji” herzog, addressing JdC’s board of directors in May 2010

Dr. Irving A. SmoklerPresident

Steven Schwager CEO and Executive Vice President

Throughout its history, JdC has coupled its concern for Jewish lives with an equally firm commitment to strengthening Jewish life.

JDC’s model education and employment initiatives advance the integration of Israel’s vulnerable immigrants, including those from Ethiopia and the former Soviet Union.

JDC’s Cuban bar/ bat mitzvah program, the first formal study program of its kind in 40 years, has been a keystone of the re-emergence of a vibrant Jewish life on the island.

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“ I have no one else to rely on. I am so grateful to the people at Hesed for their care and attention.”

While just a teenager, Irina, now age 78, witnessed her family’s vibrant Jewish community in the Urals region of Russia decimated in World War II, their synagogue go up in flames, and the Jewish cemetery destroyed. Still, Irina persevered. Undeterred by the anti-Semitism and later hardships she faced during years of communism, she graduated from university and moved to the Far East to begin her 34-year career as a French teacher. The only thing she has to show for that now is a pension that puts her below the poverty line.

DID you kNow? The JDC Food Card model was developed

in response to the 2001-2 economic crisis in Argentina, where approximately 1/3 of the Jewish population was suddenly plunged below the poverty line.

faST faCT More than half a million elderly

Jews have benefited from JDC’s Hesed network across 9 time zones of the former Soviet Union (FSU).

aCTIVIST alErT The Hesed system is essential to

thousands of lives, but it is a lifeline on life support. Diminishing resources forced JDC to pare down services and tighten eligibility criteria, leaving tens of thousands of elderly Jews without the food, medicine, and home care they need to ensure their well-being.

ToDAy JDC proviDeS viTAl relieF To DeSTiTUTe elDerly in SoMe

2,800 loCATionS in The FSU

Living on less than $112 a month, Irina depends on JDC’s Hesed social welfare center in Melitopol, Ukraine, to provide food; medicines; heating fuel and blankets to protect her through the winter; and weekly home care visits from Yelena who cooks, cleans, and bathes Irina— basic tasks that would be impossible to accomplish alone.

For Irina, it is a good day when she doesn’t suffer a mild stroke. It’s a bad day when she lies shivering on her bed because her decomposed ancient firewood heater can’t protect her from the bitter Ukrainian winters. Every day is a struggle for survival—one she faces on her own since the deaths of her husband and son. Her loving marriage was cut abruptly short when her husband died in 1959 of radiation exposure from his service as a career medical officer in the Soviet Army. And Irina watched her only son—

the joy of her life—succumb to leukemia before his 28th birthday.

Today Irina fights severe, deforming arthritis with every step she takes along the creaking floor of her home. She lives alone and isn’t able to venture outside its four walls—except when

Yelena comes.

On a rare bright morning when Irina feels strong enough, she accompanies Yelena to the local supermarket where she can choose her own groceries and purchase them with dignity using a special food debit card provided by Hesed.

All that Irina has left in the world are childhood memories of celebrating Jewish holidays with her large family, and some tattered photos of her son. These have been her only source of comfort through ensuing decades of heartache. But today she has Yelena; today she has dignity.

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“ Mafteach helped me turn our lives around.”

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It can be hard enough to plan for the expected, but as Akiva, 31, and his wife Tzipora, 28, recently learned, having to adapt when the unexpected happens can literally alter the course of a family’s life. A child of Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) parents, Akiva was raised to make Talmud study paramount. As an adult he fulfilled this mandate by studying at a kollel (institute for Talmud study) rather than pursuing a career.

DID you kNow? TeveT, a partnership between JDC and

the Government of israel, helps break the cycle of poverty and dependency for new immigrants, the ultra-orthodox, the disabled, young adults, and israeli Arabs.

faST faCT over the past 40 years, JDC-eShel,

a partnership with the israeli government, has revolutionized care and enhanced the quality of life for the elderly in israel through adult day centers that keep seniors engaged and vital and Supportive Communities that enable them to continue living safely and independently in their homes.

aCTIVIST alErT every $1 donated to JDC for critical

programs in israel leverages an additional $4 from the israeli government and other partners. A decline in donations to JDC means fewer JDC innovative social service programs developed and piloted for israel’s most vulnerable citizens.

With their first child, Akiva and Tzipora lived frugally on his modest kollel stipend and her salary. Their life on the outskirts of B’nei Brak was manageable until Tzipora gave birth to triplets and the family’s expenses quickly eclipsed their income.

Despite efforts to conserve money, the family of six skidded deeper into poverty. Akiva was ashamed that he could not provide for his wife and children, but with no education or work experience outside the yeshiva world, opportunities to increase his income were extremely limited. Then he answered an ad in the community newspaper for JDC’s network of Mafteach (Hebrew for “key”) Haredi employment centers.

JDC’s Mafteach centers address the stigma, cultural barriers, and gap in education and professional experience that often preclude Haredi parents from efficiently maneuvering in the modern job market.

At Mafteach, Akiva was encouraged to think broadly about his capabilities and build his resume; he was then connected to companies where JDC has established relationships. Following an intensive screening process, Motorola offered Akiva his first paid job, including future training. Mafteach guided Akiva through the process of negotiating terms, accepting the position, and successfully obtaining approval from his prospective

supervisor to adjust his shift time so he could drop his children off at daycare.

Today, Akiva’s salary is helping him and Tzipora chip away at

their debt and move steadily toward supporting themselves with dignity. The couple agrees that, at least this time, the unexpected brought not only new lives into the world, but new life and opportunity to their young family.

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800,000 iSrAeliS Are ChroniCAlly UneMployeD

JDC IS THErEwHEN EarNINg a lIVINg SEEmS ImpoSSIBlE

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“ We look forward to the holidays when the food package we receive from the Jewish community for rosh hashanah arrives. It’s the only time all year we eat dates and cookies.”

For many children, chewing gum is a common, sweet treat. For the Samaras boys, Andrey, 11, and Artyom, 9, it’s what fastens sheets of plastic to their window to protect them from Tashkent’s howling winter winds or 110 degree heat-wave temperatures.

DID you kNow? JDC’s Jewish Family Service model,

launched in hungary in 2008, helps families break the cycle of poverty and engages them in Jewish community activities that provide joy and relief from their focus on daily survival.

faST faCT JDC-supported Jewish Community

Centers, which often house the local Jewish Family Service, offer Jews of all ages and backgrounds a connection to their heritage through social, cultural, and educational activities.

aCTIVIST alErT Amidst growing and deepening cases

of children’s poverty, approximately 25,000 additional children across Central and eastern europe and the former Soviet Union need crucial assistance.

They live on the edge of town, at the end of a long dirt road where wild donkeys, geese, and mule carts drawn by elderly women dodge gaping potholes and large rocks. Andrey and Artyom share a two-room shack with their mother, Lyudmila, a recovering alcoholic. The boys’ stepfather occasionally stops by unannounced; when he’s in a good mood, he leaves a few hundred Uzbeks—less than 20 cents—for food.

The foundation of the Samaras’ mud and straw hut is eroding; the walls are crumbling and in complete decay. The makeshift roof is held on by rocks, bricks, and plastic. There is no electricity or running water.

“We’re too busy taking care of the daily chores and trying to stay alive to think about doing kid stuff,” says Artyom. “We never notice that we don’t have a television, a bathroom, an outhouse, a refrigerator, heat, or enough food in the cupboard.”

The only help these brothers have in the world comes from JDC’s partnership with the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ). The Samaras family relies on

the supermarket food card from the IFCJ-JDC Partnership for Children in the Former Soviet Union to purchase groceries each month and is provided otherwise unaffordable basic necessities—sets of toiletries, sheets, school uniforms and supplies. The free medical consultations made possible by the Partnership are especially critical for Artyom, a

4th-grader who is battling failing eyesight, abdominal pains from a developmental defect, as well as an anxiety disorder.

Though the family’s most immediate challenge is surviving day to day, the IFCJ-JDC Partnership also ensures through

JDC’s Jewish Family Service model of case management that the Samaras receive assistance that goes beyond the material and engages them in local Jewish activities. The boys’ haven 15 kilometers from home is the JDC- supported Tashkent Jewish Community Center, where Andrey and Artyom visit for help with their homework, to celebrate Jewish holidays, and to participate with their mom in Jewish family retreats—a rare opportunity for them to learn and share Jewish experiences with other families.

The iFCJ-JDC pArTnerShip proviDeS AiD To More ThAn

27,000 neeDy JewiSh ChilDren AnD Their FAMilieS

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“ This was my first educational experience where I was trained for something really useful and treated with respect and care.”

When Oleg was told that the warehouse where he’d been working for 13 years was bankrupt and closing its doors, he felt the air being wrenched from his chest. He had seen many people lose their jobs in Latvia’s economic crisis, but never thought that it would happen to him; his company had been stable for decades. No matter how desperately Oleg tried to remain calm about his future, all he could picture was the disappointment he’d see in his son Eitan’s eyes. For the first time since the boy was born in 1997, Oleg would not be able to support him. “This was the most demoralizing experience of my life,” shares the 42-year-old father.

DID you kNow? JDC launched its first Ariel Job Center to

combat crisis-related unemployment in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2001 and has since exported the model to porto Alegre, Brazil; Sofia, Bulgaria; Santiago, Chile; Tallinn, estonia; Budapest, hungary; riga, latvia; Bucharest, romania; and Caracas, venezuela.

faST faCT The three Baltic countries had the

world’s steepest economic declines last year, with GDp (Gross Domestic product) plunging 17.8 percent in latvia, 15 percent in lithuania, and 14.1 percent in estonia.

aCTIVIST alErT JDC must cover the cost of serving

some 7,000 Baltic Jews in need in 2010, an unanticipated 50 percent increase over the previous year’s caseload due to the sudden rise in the number of community members now among the “new poor.”

Oleg immediately started searching for new employment, but interview after interview yielded no job. He became increasingly depressed and lay awake at night worrying about providing for his family.

Then Oleg learned about JDC’s Ariel Job Center, housed in the same Riga Jewish Community Center where his son participated in JDC’s Children in Need program. Oleg’s family was already receiving subsidies from that program to pay for food, clothing, and utilities as they struggled to live solely on his wife’s recently slashed income. And now he discovered another JDC- supported Jewish community resource, right down the hall.

Everything changed for Oleg and his family once he began his professional training courses at the Ariel Job Center—a model JDC program to retrain and place young professionals whose jobs had been eliminated in Latvia’s financial crisis.

For nearly three months, Russian-speaking Oleg studied Latvian and learned data- and word-processing programs as well as how to utilize email and online resources to search for jobs. Ariel professionals also gave Oleg personal help to improve his

resume and boost his job interview skills—especially his confidence and communication.

Bolstered by this new knowledge, Oleg successfully landed a job overseeing retail distribution at Latvia’s leading home electronics warehouse. Now he studies English and is continuing to grow professionally through Ariel. At the same time, Oleg’s “refreshing” experience with caring and skilled staff at Ariel inspired him to see the Jewish community as a resource not only for Jewish cultural programs for his son, but for practical and critical guidance for his family’s everyday survival.

Today Oleg puts this renewed appreciation for his community into action by volunteering with JDC’s welfare programs to distribute food, medicine, and other assistance to the neediest Jews in the city—and now more than ever he encourages his son to engage in Jewish activities.

DouBlE DIgIT uNEmploymENT raTES in lATviA, liThUAniA, AnD eSToniA reMAin The hiGheST in eUrope

JDC IS THErEwHEN a famIly loSES EVEryTHINg

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“ I am very honored and thankful to have the chance to restore dignity to so many Jewish families and to show them that there is always a Jewish heart and hand to help.”

Miriam has been a dedicated volunteer with Montevideo’s Jewish community for years because, she says, “our people should know that there is always a heart and hand to help each other in our time of need.” She spends hours each week giving dignity back to hundreds of poor Jewish families through the Tzedaká Uruguay Foundation (a Jewish social services organization established with help from JDC) where her husband is currently president.

DID you kNow? Most of the new generation of lay and

professional leaders in latin America and europe have benefited from leadership seminars, management courses, planning sessions, and in-service training provided by JDC since 1988 through Leatid latin America, and since 1992 through Leatid europe.

faST faCT The hadracha Training institute in

Turkey, a leadership initiative for young Jewish adults, offers senior youth group leaders in istanbul and izmir a series of educational seminars as well as work opportunities within the Jewish community.

aCTIVIST alErT Donor support is needed to continue

connecting emerging, young Jewish leaders from smaller and more isolated communities like india to global forums and training opportunities that prepare them to implement new programs in their home communities.

In fact, Miriam is one of the founding members of a Tzedaká women’s commission that supports programs for children and families struggling to rebuild their lives since the country’s economic crisis earlier this decade. These are families like the Grinbergs, whose financial situation became so desperate that the five of them were sleeping between washing machines in the back of their laundromat business.

Poor and vulnerable Jewish children like the Grinbergs receive food, health care, and educational support thanks to the work of Miriam and her commission. The Jewish daycare center she helped launch offers a nurturing place for these kids to spend after-school hours so their parents can search for work and earn a living to support them. Beyond the financial help, youth at risk of dropping out of school or hanging out on the streets participate in Jewish activities that integrate them into their caring community.

But for Miriam and others, the transformation into an effective women’s volunteer group required overcoming obstacles—challenges that JDC’s Leatid training experts are uniquely qualified to help them tackle. A leadership training program pioneered by JDC, Leatid works to develop Jewish lay and professional leaders to better serve the needs and challenges of their communities.

According to Miriam, Leatid has been no less than transcendent in raising the professionalism and coordination of her group. With coaching over the course of a few months, the women reconnected with the Jewish values of mutual responsibility and compassion that inspire their work and began collaborating with other community groups.

Since the commission began working with Leatid, it has grown significantly—both in spirit and numbers. “Hundreds more women have joined us because we are successfully and meaningfully addressing needs in our community,” Miriam shares. She and this team of committed volunteers have assumed responsibility not only for delivering the programs, but fundraising for them as well. Today these women of valor are giving struggling Jewish families in Uruguay the opportunity to thrive, reinforcing the strength and viability of the entire community.

JDC IS THErEwHEN a JEwISH CommuNITy NEEDS rEBuIlDINg

JDC leADerShip proGrAMS STrenGThen CUlTUrAl iDenTiTy AnD CoMMUniTy ConneCTionS For

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“ My prosthesis has given me a second chance to realize my dream, to stand again…to walk forward with confidence and a vision to change haiti.”

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Ever since Oscar was old enough to kick a ball across a dusty sports field in Port-au-Prince, his dream has been to play professional soccer—and also follow in the technological and philanthropic footsteps of his idol, Bill Gates. Those aspirations were very much alive for Oscar in the moments just before the January 2010 earthquake tore through the walls of his three-story high school, killing all but two of his classmates. Oscar escaped with his life, but he lost 250,000 of his Haitian brothers and sisters—and his right leg—to one of this century’s worst natural disasters.

DID you kNow? JDC has since its inception used its

expertise to respond to humanitarian crises throughout the world, from the 1920s famine in Ukraine to the December 2004 indian ocean tsunami.

faST faCTJDC’s non-sectarian international

Development program acts on the Jewish tradition of tikkun olam (repairing the world) by offering a Jewish response to human suffering, particularly following disasters.

aCTIVIST alErT when crisis strikes, JDC’s emergency

campaigns raise special funds from the Jewish Federations of north America, foundations, and thousands of generous individuals. These funds allow JDC to form partnerships on the ground that bring immediate relief and long-term development support to victims of man-made and natural disasters.

Oscar was sitting in economics class the morning of January 12 when the building started shaking violently, echoing sounds of falling debris and squeaking rebar. He saw the staircase and center of the floor collapse, swallowing dozens of his friends fleeing toward the exit door. Clinging desperately to the building’s external wall—the only one still standing—Oscar made his decision: he jumped out of the building to safety on the rumbling ground.

Oscar did not have time to react to the massive pillar that came crashing down on his leg. He spent the night pinned to the ground; 54 of his dear friends lay dead just a few feet from him. By the time his father reached and pulled him out of the rubble the next morning, Oscar was one of three survivors from his 12th grade class. His right leg was amputated two days later.

The first thing that went through Oscar’s mind when he saw his severed limb was that he would never play soccer again; he would never play on a team that made it to the national soccer championships like he did last year.

“I saw so many amputees after the earthquake that I was sure I would never walk again,” Oscar said with a

soft and regal tone that belies his devastation. “I figured, if they don’t have legs, I, too, will never have a leg.”

But then Oscar was referred by a friend to the Haiti University Hospital, where top Israeli medical professionals from JDC field partner Magen David Adom (MDA)/Tel HaShomer Hospital fit him for a state-of-the-art prosthesis. Through intensive physical rehabilitation with Israeli specialists, Oscar stretched,

worked on parallel bars, and learned how to take one step at a time— again. With sheer determination and grace that impressed the therapists, Oscar soon graduated from two crutches to one, and then began to walk independently.

“The idea that there were people who were going to take care of me—to get me a prosthesis and help me walk on my own—allowed me to dream again,” he said.

Surveying the destruction and poverty all around him, Oscar says he is “committed now more than ever to be like Bill Gates.” He is studying computer programming with the long-term goal of effecting meaningful change by bringing health and education to Haiti and the developing world at large.

JDC TAnkS proviDe CleAn DrinkinG wATer To More ThAn

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2009 gloBal BuDgET 2009 program BuDgET DISTrIBuTIoNBy gEograpHIC arEa

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The following table summarizes JDC’s annual budget with income provided primarily by the Jewish Federations of North America/Federation system and the extent to which additional funds from various sources have been obtained and utilized. In sum, the JDC core budget of $73.9 million has leveraged another $259.8 million for total expenditures on JDC projects of $333.7 million during 2009.

AlbaniaAlgeriaArgentinaBelarusBosnia and HerzegovinaBulgariaCentral Asian RepublicsChina Croatia/SloveniaCubaCzech Republic EgyptEstoniaEthiopiaGeneral Latin AmericaGermanyHungaryIndiaJDC IsraelLatviaLithuaniaMoldovaMoroccoMyanmarMyers-JDC-Brookdale InstituteNon-SectarianOther Muslim CountriesPoland Property ReclamationRegional Africa & Asia ProgramsRegional European ProgramsRelief-In-TransitRomaniaRussian Federation Serbia/MacedoniaSlovakiaSpecial GrantsTaub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel TransmigrantsTunisiaTurkeyUkraineAdministration

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$ 24,5431,959

1,268,0252,059,826

122,475423,672

4,706,9112,313

237,30238,70088,59034,425

262,848842,722813,590172,896

1,945,320306,453

15,614,875338,221299,650

2,057,329999,354

2,3601,026,2141,012,070

421,8011,050,1581,155,888

59,6502,022,801

538,1001,273,560

10,568,308230,474225,985362,293864,150399,742383,103234,641

6,610,24612,771,819

$ 73,875,362

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9,462,0273,334,917

256,854705,861

9,013,5420

1,026,825174,151

496,43512,600

696,86364,380

230,500247,970

7,748,87996,446

125,133,8001,212,3651,011,613

2,289,6523,866,444

06,033,5756,272,253

534,8502,358,581

130,000500

1,430,850350,000

3,096,28238,560,527

517,4541,072,466

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335,10687,500

31,947,9560

$ 259,810,024

$ 24,5431,959

10,730,0525,394,743

379,3291,129,533

13,720,4532,313

1,264,127212,851

585,02547,025

959,711907,102

1,044,090420,866

9,694,199402,899

140,748,6751,550,5861,311,263

4,346,9814,865,798

2,3607,059,7897,284,323

956,6513,408,7391,285,888

60,1503,453,651

888,1004,369,842

49,128,835747,928

1,298,451362,293864,150399,742718,209322,141

38,558,20212,771,819

$ 333,685,386

(IN u.S. DollarS) JDC CommITmENTaDDITIoNal fuNDS

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ExpENSES

africa & asia 2.6%

Central & Eastern Europe9.5%

Commonwealth of Independent States 34.6%

International Development program2.3%

Israel research Institutes

2.5%

JDC Israel 43.9%

latin america3.7%

multiregional 0.9%

welfare Services for the Elderly44.8%

Services for Children at risk

20.9%

Training & leadershipDevelopment

10.5%

Jewish life &Community

15.7%

Non-Sectarian2.1%

Israel Emergency Campaign3.3%

research2.7%

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fINaNCIal rEporT

Cash and cash equivalents Time deposit in Israel - interest bearing

Investments

Accounts and accrued interest receivable

Contributions receivable

Advances to communities, other receivables and other assets (net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of $312,000)

Advances on account of future year’s programs

Fixed assets - net

Total assets

aSSETS

Board Designated

fundplant fund Total

legacy fund

operating fund

Temporarily restricted

permanently restricted 2009 2008

Liabilities Accounts payable and accrued expenses

Annuity obligations

Loans payable

Due to related parties

Total liabilities

Net assets (deficit) (Exhibit B)

Total liabilities and net assets

lIaBIlITIES aND aSSETS

uNrESTrICTED

$ 15,304,035

—

31,855,043

—

—

7,985,364

33,242

—

$ 55,177,684

7,079,538

—

122,957,705

1,174,603

2,160,096

—

—

—

133,371,942

—

—

13,422,648

—

—

—

—

—

13,422,648

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

63,966,898

63,966,898

22,383,573

—

168,235,396

1,174,603

2,160,096

7,985,364

33,242

63,966,898

265,939,172

7,858

7,306,051

116,406,117

—

16,825,845

1,386,976

—

—

141,932,847

1,112,189

4,399,992

17,626,808

106,849

—

—

—

—

23,245,838

28,844,330

—

49,006,195

—

77,850,525

(22,672,841)

$ 55,177,684

272,554

—

—

—

272,554

133,099,388

133,371,942

—

—

—

—

—

13,422,648

13,422,648

—

—

993,879

—

993,879

62,973,019

63,966,898

29,116,884

—

50,000,074

—

79,116,958

186,822,214

265,939,172

26,902,750

1,263,760

—

3,176,735

31,343,245

110,589,602

141,932,847

—

321,359

—

—

321,359

22,924,479

23,245,838

23,503,620

11,706,043

302,268,321

1,281,452

18,985,941

9,372,340

33,242

63,966,898

431,117,857

56,019,634

1,585,119

50,000,074

3,176,735

110,781,562

320,336,295

431,117,857

25,721,399

11,532,061

265,688,967

1,531,604

26,955,209

12,042,290

282,418

59,161,960

402,915,908

58,783,583

1,573,040

50,992,693

2,814,047

114,163,363

288,752,545

402,915,908

ToTal

For a copy of JDC’s full financial statements and Independent Auditor’s Report, email Eugene Philips, JDC’s Chief Financial Officer, at financials@jdcny.org or access at www.JDC.org.

JdC is the recipient of Charity navigator’s highest 4-star rating; is among the Non Profit Times’ Top 100 nonprofits; and is an accredited charity with the better business bureau.

Mumbai’s Jewish Community Center, supported by JDC, is the central address for Jewish activities enjoyed by people of all ages in India.

Judafest Jewish street festivals and other innovative programs provide an accessible and fresh approach to connecting Central and Eastern European Jews to their heritage, using informal venues that bring activities “outside the JCC walls.”

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BalaNCE SHEET: ExHIBIT a december 31, 2009 (with summarized financial information for the year ended december 31, 2008)

rEVENuES, gaINS aND oTHEr SupporT

Board Designated

fundplant fund Total

legacy fund

operating fund

uNrESTrICTED

57,115,369

22,906,846

43,761,176

26,753,395

19,787,042

37,758,556

18,388,957

$226,471,341

12,608,993

2,240,728

$ 14,849,721

241,321,062

(12,983,680)

(83,293)

—

10,820,000

—

9,569

(2,237,404)

(20,435,437)

—

(20,435,437)

(22,672,841)

252,374

110,353

238,526

118,014

87,433

166,841

81,251

1,054,792

2,281,958

313,468

2,595,426

3,650,218

33,232,713

—

(961,650)

(10,820,000)

5,551,666

—

27,002,729

106,096,659

—

106,096,659

133,099,388

—

—

—

—

—

—

74,973

74,973

—

—

—

74,973

2,134,032

—

—

—

—

—

2,134,032

11,288,616

—

11,288,616

13,422,648

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

1,471,649

17,412

1,489,061

1,489,061

(1,489,061)

6,337,291

—

—

—

—

4,888,230

58,084,789

—

58,084,789

62,973,019

57,367,743

23,017,199

43,999,702

26,871,409

19,874,475

37,925,397

18,545,181

227,601,106

16,362,600

2,571,608

18,934,208

246,535,314

20,894,004

6,293,998

(961,650)

—

5,551,666

9,569

31,787,587

155,034,627

—

155,034,627

186,822,214

Program services Relief and welfare

Health services

Services to the aged

Jewish education and religious

Education and manpower development

Social development

Multifunctional

Total program services

Supporting services Management and general Fund raising

Total supporting services

Total expenses

Change in net assets before other changes

Other changes in net assets Transfer for fixed assets and loan payments

Reclassifications

Transfer for operating fund programs

Pension and postretirement benefit adjustment

Cancellation of prior year’s appropriations

Change in net assets (Exhibit D)

Net assets (deficit) - beginning of year, as previously stated

Restatement

Net assets (deficit) - beginning of year, restated

Net assets (deficit) - end of year (Exhibit A)

ExpENSES (ExHIBIT C)

United Jewish Communities

Contributions

Other income-exchange gains

Investment income Actuarial gains (losses) on annuity obligations Net assets released from restriction

Total revenues, gains (losses) and other support

$ 40,189,818

20,618,575

—

—

—

167,528,989

$228,337,382

$ —

—

—

2,209,005

—

—

2,209,005

$ —

—

—

—

—

—

—

$ 40,189,818

25,626,755

1,901,337

32,182,419

—

167,528,989

267,429,318

—

5,008,180

1,901,337

29,973,414

—

—

36,882,931

Temporarily restricted

permanently restricted 2009 2008

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

5,211,422

(6,293,998)

1,461,650

—

—

—

379,074

110,210,528

—

110,210,528

110,210,528

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

(82,911)

—

(500,000)

—

—

—

(582,911)

23,507,390

—

23,507,390

22,924,479

57,367,743

23,017,199

43,999,702

26,871,409

19,874,475

37,925,397

18,545,181

227,601,106

16,362,600

2,571,608

18,934,208

246,535,314

26,022,515

—

—

—

5,551,666

9,569

31,583,750

288,752,545

—

288,752,545

320,336,295

25,086,057

133,068,390

250,000

14,364,493

(28,529)

(167,528,989)

5,211,422

—

—

—

717

(83,628)

—

(82,911)

65,275,875

158,695,145

2,151,337

46,547,629

(112,157)

—

272,557,829

78,391,445

166,306,202

924,183

(93,855,739)

(438,457)

—

151,327,634

54,222,274

31,270,780

48,327,207

26,726,657

25,832,872

40,170,810

16,673,855

243,224,455

16,826,465

3,174,089

20,000,554

263,225,009

(111,897,375)

—

—

—

(8,877,552)

23,085

(120,751,842)

379,673,951

29,830,436

409,504,387

288,752,545

ToTal

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STaTEmENT of opEraTIoNS aND CHaNgES IN NET aSSETS: ExHIBIT B year ended december 31, 2009 (with summarized financial information for the year ended december 31, 2008)

Services to the aged

Jewish Education and

religiousHealth

Servicesrelief and

welfare

program SErVICES

program ExpENSES

Payroll, social security benefits and consultants

Travel

Telephone and fax

Conferences, media and public relations

Contracted services, supplies and other expenses

Total management and administrative expenses

Interest expense

Depreciation and amortization

Investment management fees

Total expenses

Less investment management fees deducted from investment income on the statement of operations and changes in net assets

Total expenses as reported on the statement of operations and changes in net assets (Exhibit B)

maNagEmENT aND aDmINISTraTIVE ExpENSES

Grants to local communities

Cash assistance

Food and clothing to needy individuals Health care and rehabilitation

Medical supplies

Religious, cultural and outreach programs

Education and scholarships

Training and communal workers

Occupancy, warehousing, repairs and equipment

Emergency assistance and relief

Home care and personal assistance

Social, recreation and communal organizations

Miscellaneous

Total program expenses

1,741,670

210,622

34,361

6,613

288,390

2,281,656

—

—

—

57,367,743

—

57,367,743

1,188,949

143,781

23,457

4,514

196,867

1,557,568

—

—

—

23,017,199

—

23,017,199

1,381,128

167,021

27,248

5,244

228,689

1,809,330

—

—

—

43,999,702

—

43,999,702

1,377,122

166,537

27,169

5,229

228,026

1,804,083

—

—

—

26,871,409

—

26,871,409

$ 587,653

3,009,504

26,042,334

1,071,278

—

3,811

25,000

745,041

977,635

17,211,248

18,487

4,868,619

525,477

55,086,087

2,447,683

—

—

45,037

348,102

24,000

—

64,795

2,014,875

1,672,925

28,916,791

6,648,767

7,397

42,190,372

1,644,052

—

56,273

—

—

3,324,929

12,364,677

3,470,115

251,632

40,086

—

3,515,861

399,701

25,067,326

3,737,329

—

434,761

11,053,588

1,429,936

—

69,314

291,690

455,485

2,739,398

246,789

964,679

36,662

21,459,631

Education and manpower

Development

794,499

96,080

15,675

3,017

131,553

1,040,824

—

—

—

19,874,475

—

19,874,475

6,640,725

—

—

18,923

—

107,064

1,105,202

8,041,079

727,543

107,213

—

1,887,137

198,765

18,833,651

Totalmanagement

and general fund raising 2009 2008

10,438,672

1,262,360

205,944

39,636

1,728,449

13,675,061

—

—

—

227,601,106

—

227,601,106

7,562,068

636,000

235,400

1,344,500

2,096,701

11,874,669

1,440,097

1,471,649

1,375,503

17,738,103

(1,375,503)

16,362,600

1,864,796

69,000

30,000

13,500

401,768

2,379,064

—

17,412

—

2,571,608

—

2,571,608

19,865,536

1,967,360

471,344

1,397,636

4,226,918

27,928,794

1,440,097

1,489,061

1,375,503

247,910,817

(1,375,503)

246,535,314

18,219,705

1,376,318

555,711

1,376,543

2,517,227

24,045,504

2,548,725

1,318,228

1,571,981

264,796,990

(1,571,981)

263,225,009

ToTal

19,097,922

3,009,504

26,533,440

12,340,974

1,778,038

8,222,396

15,427,013

24,599,854

14,558,682

24,071,990

29,182,067

32,994,564

2,109,601

213,926,045

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

1,576,185

—

—

—

—

1,576,185

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

175,132

—

—

—

—

175,132

19,097,922

3,009,504

26,533,440

12,340,974

1,778,038

8,222,396

15,427,013

24,599,854

16,309,999

24,071,990

29,182,067

32,994,564

2,109,601

215,677,362

29,623,997

3,003,422

22,432,693

13,133,428

1,227,876

7,320,294

17,411,591

24,673,781

11,869,877

34,536,807

28,747,243

40,528,045

803,498

235,312,552

SupporTINg SErVICES

Social Development

1,623,288

196,306

32,026

6,164

268,786

2,126,570

—

—

—

37,925,397

—

37,925,397

1,057,166

—

—

25,000

—

1,644,247

1,858,460

6,089,660

9,574,773

1,314,335

—

14,063,541

171,645

35,798,827

multi- functional

2,332,016

282,013

46,008

8,855

386,138

3,055,030

—

—

—

18,545,181

—

18,545,181

2,983,314

—

72

127,148

—

3,118,345

4,360

5,897,474

556,739

986,785

—

1,045,960

769,954

15,490,151

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STaTEmENT of fuNCTIoNal ExpENSES: ExHIBIT C year ended december 31, 2009 (with summarized financial information for the year ended december 31, 2008)

CaSH flowS from opEraTINg aCTIVITIES Change in net assets (Exhibit B) $ 31,583,750 Adjustments to reconcile change in net assets to net cash used by operating activities Depreciation and amortization 1,489,061 Permanently restricted contributions Permanently restricted investment income (717) Realized and unrealized gains on investments (43,559,536) Actuarial loss on annuity obligations 112,157 Decrease (increase) in assets Accounts and accrued interest receivable 250,152 Contributions receivable 7,969,268 Advances to communities, other receivables and other assets 2,669,950 Advances on account of future year’s programs 249,176 Decrease in liabilities Accounts payable and accrued expenses (2,763,949) Due to related parties 362,688 Net cash used by operating activities (1,638,000) CaSH flowS from INVESTINg aCTIVITIES Purchase of investments (107,806,988)Proceeds from sale of investments 114,613,188 Purchase of fixed assets (6,293,999) Net cash used by investing activities 512,201 CaSH flowS from fINaNCINg aCTIVITIES Repayment of loans $ (30,952,619)Proceeds from loans 29,960,000 Proceeds from permanently restricted investment income 717 Payment of annuity obligations (266,424)Proceeds from investment income subject to annuity obligations 166,346 Net cash provided by financing activities (1,091,980) Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents (2,217,779) Cash and cash equivalents - beginning of year 25,721,399 Cash and cash equivalents - end of year $ 23,503,620 Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information Cash paid during the year for interest $ 1,440,097

Jewish Federation of Central AlabamaGreater Altoona Jewish FederationJewish Federation of AnchorageJewish Federation of Greater Ann ArborUJA Aspen ValleyJewish Federation of Greater AtlantaJewish Community Association of AustinTHE ASSOCIATED: Jewish Community Federation of BaltimoreJewish Federation of Berkshire CountyBirmingham Jewish FederationCombined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater BostonJewish Federation of Broward CountyCalgary Jewish Community CouncilUnited Israel Appeal Federations of CanadaCoast to Coast CanadaJewish Federation of Central New JerseyChampaign-Urbana Jewish Federation Jewish Federation of Greater CharlotteCharlottesville Jewish Community FundJewish Federation of Metropolitan ChicagoJewish Federation of CincinnatiJewish Federation of ClevelandJewish Federation of Collier CountyAllied Jewish Federation of ColoradoColumbus Jewish FederationJewish Federation of Columbus, GA Jewish Federation of Greater DallasJewish Federation of Greater DanburyJewish Federation of Greater Dayton Jewish Federation of Metropolitan DetroitJewish Federation of the Greater East Bay Jewish Federation of Eastern Fairfield CountyFayetteville NetworkJewish Federation of Fort Worth & Tarrant CountyThe Jewish Federation of Grand RapidsGreensboro Jewish FederationUJA Federation of GreenwichJewish Federation of Greater HartfordJewish Federation of Greater HoustonJewish Federation of Greater IndianapolisJacksonville Jewish Federation

The Jewish Federations of North AmericaUnited Jewish Appeal & UJF of JohnstownKalamazoo Jewish FederationJewish Federation of Greater Kansas CityMid-Kansas Jewish Federation Jewish Federation of Greater LansingJewish Federation of Las VegasJewish Federation of Lehigh ValleyJewish Federation of Greater Long Beach & West Orange CountyJewish Federation of Greater Los AngelesJewish Community Federation of Louisville Jewish Federation of MadisonMemphis Jewish FederationUnited Jewish Communities of MetroWest New JerseyGreater Miami Jewish Federation Jewish Federation of Greater Middlesex CountyMilwaukee Jewish FederationMinneapolis Jewish FederationJewish Federation of Greater Monmouth CountyUnited Jewish Appeal of the Monterey PeninsulaFederation CJA MontrealNashville Jewish FederationJFNA Network of Independent CommunitiesJewish Federation of Greater New HavenUJA-Federation of New YorkUnited Jewish Federation of Northeastern New YorkUJA Federation of Northern New JerseyJewish Federation of Northwest IndianaJewish Community Council of Oak RidgeJewish Federation of Greater Orange CountyJewish Federation of Orange CountyJewish Federation of Palm Beach CountyJewish Federation of Palm Springs & Desert AreaJewish Federation of Greater PhiladelphiaJewish Federation of Greater PhoenixJewish Federation of Pinellas & Pasco Counties

United Jewish Federation of Greater PittsburghJewish Federation of PortlandUJA of Puerto RicoJewish Federation of Reading, PAJewish Federation of Rhode IslandJewish Community Federation of RichmondJewish Community Federation of Greater RochesterJewish Federation of San AntonioJewish Federation of San Diego CountyJewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin & Sonoma CountiesJewish Federation of Greater Santa BarbaraThe Jewish Federation of Sarasota-ManateeSavannah Jewish FederationJewish Federation of Greater SeattleJewish Federation of Silicon ValleyJewish Federation of South Palm Beach CountyJewish Federation of Southern Arizona Jewish Federation of Southern New JerseySpringfield, IL Jewish FederationJewish Federation of St. Louis United Jewish Fund and Council of Greater St. Paul United Jewish Federation of Greater StamfordSyracuse Jewish FederationUnited Jewish Federation of TidewaterUJA Federation of Greater TorontoJewish Federation of TulsaJewish Federation of Ulster CountyUnited Jewish Federation of UtahJewish Federation of Greater VancouverThe Jewish Community Council of Greater WacoJewish Federation of Greater WashingtonWestern North Carolina Jewish FederationUJA Federation of Westport-Weston- Wilton-NorwalkJewish Federation of WinnipegYoungstown Area Jewish Federation

JEwISH fEDEraTIoNS

JDC SupporTErSJDC’s programs are made possible by contributions from Jewish Federations of North America, as well as charitable individuals, families, businesses, foundations, and restitution sources. JDC gives special thanks to the following donors whose extraordinary 2009 donations underwrote our work around the world.

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STaTEmENT of CaSH flowS: ExHIBIT D year ended december 31, 2009

The Abraham Fund Initiatives, Inc.Active NetworkActiveonGeorge I. Adler-Jack A. Frydrych Charitable FundThe Nicole & Raanan Agus Family FoundationAHBA Inc.Jason AintabiDennis AlbersRuth AlbertRita Allen FoundationStuart H. & Diane K. Altman FundSalman AmarAmerican Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.Ancestry.comDiana AndersonAnonymousAnonymoose FoundationIsaac ApplbaumEliot ArnovitzAVI CHAI FoundationHaggai AvisarDr. Alfred R. Bader & Dr. Isabel BaderHelen Bader FoundationGerson & Barbara BakarGeorge Balint Family TrustGloria BaranBaron Capital Foundation The Baron de Hirsch FundNora Lee & Guy BarronJane & Alan R. BatkinBaylor University

Jonathan BeareJames H. Becker Endowment FundDr. Georgette Bennett & Dr. Leonard PolonskySusan & Paul (z”l) BerensonDavid Berg FoundationCandice Bergen Malle Charitable FoundationHelene BergerElaine Berke Mandell L. BermanDiane & Norman Bernstein Foundation Russell Berrie FoundationThe Beverly FoundationJoann BiancoSusan BlochEllen Block & Sylvia HassenfeldPenny & Harold BlumensteinB’nai B’rith Youth OrganizationBonita Trust Stacy BrannanAmy A.B. BressmanTimothy BrillSophie & Arthur Brody FoundationEdgar M. BronfmanAndrea & Charles Bronfman FundEsther & Mose B. BronsteinBuncher Family FoundationYaakov BurkSidney N. BusisSandra CahnCapsouto BrothersCentrale Financieringsactie voor Joods Sociaal Werk in Nederland (Cefina)Chai South Africa Philanthropic Fund

Chai X Four Charitable TrustStanley M. ChesleyThe Chester Family FoundationChildren’s Investment Fund FoundationGil CoganBarton P. & Mary D. Cohen Charitable TrustJudith & Elliott Cohen Lucy & David CohenMelvin S. Cohen Naomi & Nehemiah Cohen Foundation, Stuart BrownEstate of Vera Cohen Simon & Eve Colin Foundation, Inc.Jane & John C. ColmanGeoffrey J. ColvinComputer Design & Integration Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against GermanyBarbara Crook & Dan Greenberg The Nathan Cummings FoundationThe Cunningham FoundationHelen CykerCarolee Danz Family FoundationDAS Distributors, Inc.Estate of Betty DavidovFondation DemirerThomas DenisonAnn & Ari Deshe Philanthropic FundDG Family FoundationJon DiamondAlisa DoctoroffWilliam & Toby DonnerAndrea M. Dubroff

Galit & Barry DunietzDutch Jewish Humanitarian FundEast Bay Jewish Community Teen FoundationDoreen & Beryl Eckstein Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein & The International Fellowship of Christians & Jews Alexander EhrlichThe Al & Naomi R. Eisman FundBarbara & Joseph EllisWilliam H. ElsonMarcia Eppler Colvin, David Eppler & Nancy Eppler WolffEquinix, Inc.Edith EverettEVZ Stiftung, GermanyZachary Fasman & Dr. Andrea Udoff Bunny & Steven FayneFeintech Family FoundationThe Ferst FoundationRosi & Arnoldo FiedotinHoward Finkelstein Charitable FundThe Fish Charitable TrustRandi & Mark FisherRoger E. FishmanFive Sibling Together FoundationFohs FoundationFondation pour la Mémoire de la ShoahKenneth ForrestFox Family FoundationThe Beatrice Fox Auerbach FoundationGusti & Daniel G. FrankelThe Jeff & Laurie Franz FundMartha FreedmanAnne & Natalio Fridman FoundationThe Friedberg Charitable FoundationMorton L. FriedkinThe William & Susan Friedlander Endowment FundHerman K. FriedmanThe Friedman Supporting Foundation, Inc.Alfredo FrohlichThe Alfred & Hanna Fromm FundGalinson Family FoundationGandyr Ltd.Sarita GantzGarfinkle Family Charitable TrustClaudio GarfunkelGelf & Family Charitable TrustThe Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert FoundationHon. Joseph B. GildenhornMerle & Barry GinsburgNancy & Lawrence GlickThe Glickman FoundationThe Ron & Judy Gold Family FundDavid GoldbergThe Elizabeth Goldberg Family Educational Fund

Joseph & Dorothy Goldberg Charitable Trust Samuel Goldberg & Sons Foundation, Inc.Roberto GoldfarbThe Joyce & Irving Goldman Family FoundationRichard & Rhoda Goldman FoundationMark GoldweitzThe Goodman Family Supporting FoundationLawrence Goodman Robert P. GoodmanBenjamin & Elizabeth Gordon Charitable Foundation Gottesman FundRobert & Trudy Gottesman Philanthropic FundDorothea Gould FoundationNancy & Stephen GrandToddy & Irving GranovskyVivian GreenThe Green Fund, Inc.Harold Grinspoon FoundationMichelle & Paul GrobmanNancy GrosfeldMarilynn & Ron GrossmanSteven B. Gruber Lara Woolf-Grusd & Brandon GrusdAudrey & Martin Gruss FoundationMiriam G. GrynbergJoseph Gurwin FoundationMimi & Peter Haas Philanthropic FundNancy HackermanLeon HalacRichard HandlerHarari Family Charitable FundElana Helguera Declaration of TrustJudge Ellen M. Heller

Shirley HelzbergAnne Heyman & Seth Merrin Family FoundationHillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus LifeAnatol & Pnina HillerAnita HirshLarry J. HochbergThe Arthur D. Holstein TrustIlan FamilyInes Indij Berenstam & Hilda RosenowInternational Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims (ICHEIC)Israeli Leadership CouncilIssroff Family FoundationJoan & Irwin JacobsLeo Jacobs Eli D. JacobsonAlan S. JaffeBernard Jaffe Family Foundation, Karen JaffeJesselson Family Foundation, Michael JesselsonJewish Braille Institute of AmericaJewish Child’s DayJewish Family & Children’s ServicesThe Jewish Healthcare Foundation of Pittsburgh Jewish Women’s Foundation of Metropolitan ChicagoThe Jewish Women’s Foundation of South Palm Beach County JMW FundJohn Hagee MinistriesPeter JosephMitchell JulisSandra & Jeffrey JustinAvraham Kadar

In the former Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe, tens of thousands of Jewish children and their parents have connected to their Jewish heritage through participation in JDC family retreats over the past 15 years.

The life-saving work of JDC’s Ethiopia Medical Director, Dr. Rick Hodes, is the subject of a newly released book and documentary. For more than 20 years JDC has brought critical help to tens of thousands of Ethiopians.

fuNDErS aND fouNDaTIoNS

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Israel Unlimited, a strategic partnership of JDC, the Ruderman Family Foundation, and the Israeli government, aims to advance the independence of adults with disabilities and integrate them into their communities.

Peter KadasDora & Neil KadishaThe Kahanoff FoundationBetty E. KaneCarol & Edward KaplanIrene R. & Edward H. KaplanThe Leonard & Tobee Kaplan Philanthropic FundMarty & Amy Kaplan Foundation Randall R. KaplanThomas S. Kaplan & Daphne Recanati KaplanJeannette & Steven KarbankKarev FoundationAnnette Katz Cottingham Shmuel KatzFritz & Adelaide Kauffmann FoundationJudy & Earle KazisThe Estate of Bruno J. KeithErwin A. KelenKeren Kayemet, Jewish National FundKharkov 10David & Mary Klapper Donor Advised Philanthopic FundKnockout Inspections, Inc.Lisa & Victor KohnJonathan W. KolkerSusan G. Komen for the Cure

Sandra KominHoward M. KooperKoret FoundationJoe KovalchikRobert & Myra Kraft FoundationJeannette & H. Peter Kriendler Charitable TrustAlice L. KulickLinda & Murray Laulicht Ador LazarSimon Mark Lazarus Charitable FoundationAdele LebersfeldLianne & Bruce LeboffJoseph LebovicBernard van Leer FoundationLegacy Heritage Fund LimitedThe Leichtag Family FoundationAlan LeiferThe Leir Foundation, Inc.Laura Lemle Family FoundationRobert & Roni Lemle Family FoundationTrude & Leo Lemle Family FoundationBank LeumiHubert Leven, family & friends of the Rashi FoundationFondazione Levi MontalciniJerry W. Levin

The Peter F. & Mary W. Levin Philanthropic FundFred & Velva LevineMarshall P. LevineMichael J. LevinsonEstate of Leon LevyRichard LewisStephen E. & Sheila LiebermanLiquidnet Holdings, Inc.The Lucius N. Littauer FoundationRabbi Haskel LooksteinHerb LoomerVicki & Arthur LoringCaroline & Brian LurieJames LustigOrly & Richard MaciborskiMillie & Larry MagidJoseph & Florence Mandel Family FoundationMann Family FoundationBernice ManocherianWilliam M. MarcusThe Carl Marks Foundation, Inc.David G. MarshallMatanEstate of Frances M. McCabeDavid Meckler & The Meckler Family Philanthropic Fund

Merrin Family FundVivian & Ed MerrinJoseph & Harvey Meyerhoff Family Charitable FundsMorton Meyerson Family FoundationMicrosoft CorporationDebby MillerLaura & Jerrold MillerS & P Foundation, Professor Stanley Mills, Barbara Green Kay, & Jack Kay Andrew & Carol Milstein Philanthropic FundMarcelo MindlinDaniel R. Mintz & Meredith J. Berkman J. Mishkin Israel Donor Philanthropic FundLeo Model Foundation, Inc.Steven MorelleKate B. & William L. MorrisonSandra MussDavid & Inez Myers FoundationPaul NadlerThe National Foundation For Teaching Entrepreneurship Younes & Soraya NazarianNederlands-Israelietische Instelling voor Sociale Arbeid (NIISA)

Herbert NeumanElena Neuman LefkowitzThe New Israel FundThe Noaber FoundationRichard NottenbergOr AvnerSuzanne & Joseph OrleyThe Orthodox UnionMary L. & William J. Osher FoundationPa’amy Tikva AssociationEda & Joseph Pell, Pell Family FoundationBrian & Karen Perlman Philanthropic FundEstate of Dr. Alice PetersChen & Orni PetruschkaLawrence PhillipsThe L.A. Pincus Fund for Jewish Education in the DiasporaKronhill Pletka Foundation Steve PollackHenry Posner IIIBrian PotashnikLucy PriceTina & Steven PriceThe John & Lisa Pritzker Family FundQueens Gate Foundation

Stanley A. RabinRichard E. RainwaterErwin Rautenberg FoundationThe Rayne FoundationMiriam & Gary RebackJoseph & Carol Reich Philanthropic FundDaniel P. ReingoldRepair the WorldCharles H. Revson Foundation, Inc.Eugene Ribakoff Family FoundationPatricia & Charles RibakoffGeorge RichThe Fred & Rita Richman Foundation, Prof. Carol SaivetzOrli RinatAnn L. Ritt TrustDavid RobbinsSylvia & Donald RobinsonAbraham & Sonia Rochlin FoundationDavid RosenMichele RosenWilliam Rosenwald Family FundNigel RossRobert R. RothbergSusan G. & Alan E. Rothenberg

fuNDErS aND fouNDaTIoNS (CoNT’D)

JDC developed programs like Baby Help in Argentina to support young Jews plunged into poverty as a result of the country’s 2001 economic collapse. Today, despite ongoing economic fluctuations, the community has taken over the running of these critical programs.

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The Rothschild Foundation, Yad HanadivLeonardo RozenblumGabriel RozmanThe Ruderman Family FoundationShira & Jay Ruderman The May & Samuel Rudin Family FoundationTribert RujugiroThe Joseph & Sally Handleman Charitable Foundation, Joan & Robert SadoffEdmond J. Safra Philanthropic FoundationSandler FoundationAnnie & Art SandlerNathan Bradley SandlerMartin L. SchaffelPhilip SchattenVered & Jacob SchimmelThe Frank & Freda Schochet Family Philanthropic FundHoward SchultzCharles & Lynn Schusterman Family FoundationStacy H. SchustermanJodi J. Schwartz Schwarz Foundation Schwebel Family Philanthropic FundSamuel Sebba Charitable Trust, UKThomas F. SecundaSegal Family Foundation

Gary SegalDiane K. SeidensteinSending Our Love To HaitiFederation of Jewish Communities in SerbiaEstate of George SereniGary ShahShahmoon Family FoundationBetsy R. SheerrThe Jeannine & Claude Sherman Philanthropic FundPaula SidmanFred SiegelAriel M. SigalReagan SilberVeronica SilberbergAlan M. & Carol K. Silberstein Charitable Lead Annuity TrustEstate of Henry SilverThe Slomo & Cindy Silvian Foundation, Inc.Simon Family FoundationThe Sidney, Milton & Leoma Simon FoundationBeryl SimonsonHerbert & Nell Singer Foundation, Inc.Susan & Mark B. SisiskyThe Skirball FoundationAlan B. Slifka FoundationCarol & Irving Smokler

Terri & Michael SmookeSandy & Edgar SnyderEdward SonshineFrances David-Sontag & Eduardo SontagSamuel M. Soref & Helene K. Soref FoundationSouthside Interfaith United Appeal Fund, Inc.Judith & Richard G. SpiegelJerry & Linda SpitzerThe Allen A. Stein Family Foundation, Inc.The Judy & Michael Steinhardt FoundationElizabeth & Emanuel SternSusan K. SternGloria & Rodney F. Stone Raya StrausDr. Arthur & Hella Strauss Endowment FundSuperbag Operating, Ltd.Ari Susman Gavin SusmanMarc & Harriet SuvallJane SwergoldRoselyne C. SwigSwiss Banks SettlementSzor Family FoundationThe Henry & Marilyn Taub FoundationIrwin TaubenThe Taubenblatt Family, GermanyIngrid TauberLaszlo N. Tauber Family Foundation, Inc.

JDC’s Women’s Health Empowerment Program partners with Susan G. Komen for the Cure to sponsor programs that promote early detection of breast cancer and provide support for women living with the disease in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.

Thalheimer Family Support FoundationAndrew H. TischTlalim Tours, Inc.Esther TreitelJerome H. TurkPatricia Werthan UhlmannUJIA of Great Britain UK TrustUnion for Reform JudaismUnited Jewish Endowment Fund of the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington United Synagogue of Conservative JudaismU.S. Institute of PeaceElizabeth & Michael VaretVe’ahavtaVerbond van Liberaal-Religieuze Joden in Nederland (LJG)Vereniging De Joodse InvalideViterbi Family FoundationItalian Men’s VogueThe James & Lillian Webb FoundationCaryn Wolf Wechsler

Wein Family Foundation Glenn WeinbergHarry & Jeanette Weinberg FoundationMarshall M. WeinbergPenni & Stephen WeinbergThe Weinstein Foundation, Inc.Israel WeissbortJane & Stuart WeitzmanAdrian WertheinConnie Burwell WhiteWilliam E. Wiener TrustJoseph WilfWilton Industries, Inc.Winnick Family FoundationDorothy WinterErika & Kenneth Witover Diane WohlThe Maurice & Vivienne Wohl Charitable FoundationMilton A. & Roslyn Z. Wolf Family FoundationJack & Goldie Wolf Miller FoundationAnton Woolf

Jacqueline & Bertram WoolfWorld Jewish ReliefWorld Monuments Fund, Jewish Heritage Grant ProgramDonna Wosk Sandra WuligerTina WyattJennifer & Ido ZairiJoyce ZeffLawrence & Carol Zicklin Philanthropic FundRuth ZieglerEtta Gross ZimmermanThe Zimmerman FundHarold & Mary Zlot Philanthropic FundSusan ZohnLois ZollerZukerman Family FoundationZukunftsfonds, AustriaThe Leonore & Larry Zusman Philanthropic Foundation

fuNDErS aND fouNDaTIoNS (CoNT’D)

JDC’s Jewish Service Corps gives active young Jews from North America one-year, hands-on volunteer experiences with overseas Jewish communities.

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offICErS aND BoarD mEmBErSPresIdenTDr. Irving A. Smokler

Ceo And eXeCuTIve vICe PresIdenTSteven Schwager

ChAIrMAn of The boArdJudge Ellen M. Heller

honorAry PresIdenTsHeinz EpplerSylvia HassenfeldJonathan W. KolkerEugene J. Ribakoff*Donald M. RobinsonHenry Taub

honorAry eXeCuTIve vICe PresIdenTRalph I. Goldman

vICe PresIdenTsPenny BlumensteinJacob Schimmel

TreAsurerAlan S. Jaffe

seCreTAryJane G. Weitzman

eXeCuTIve CoMMITTeeAlan R. BatkinStuart L. BrownRabbi Yechiel EcksteinEdith B. EverettRani GarfinkleNancy GrandIrving Granovsky Ronald GrossmanCarol K. KaplanMyra KraftAdele LebersfeldAlan LeiferH. Fred LevineDr. Deborah E. LipstadtMartin PaisnerStanley PlotnickSteven PriceStanley A. RabinCharles K. RibakoffNigel RossAlan RothenbergProf. Carol R. SaivetzHoward SchultzHarvey SchulweisJodi J. SchwartzBetsy R. SheerrMark B. SisiskyEdgar SnyderJerome SpitzerSusan K. SternMarc SuvallJane SwergoldLouis ThalheimerAndrew H. TischPatricia Werthan UhlmannElizabeth R. VaretCaryn Wolf WechslerMarshall M. WeinbergJoseph WilfM. Kenneth Witover

JdC InTernATIonAl CounCIlCo-ChairmenJudge Ellen M. HellerCharles R. Bronfman JdC InTernATIonAl CounCIl MeMbersLeonard AbramsonEugene ApplebaumJacob BenatoffEdgar M. BronfmanLester CrownCarol R. GoldbergRichard N. GoldmanAlan C. GreenbergIrwin JacobsHenry A. KissingerJonathan KolberJulia KoschitzkyOlivier KraemerRobert KraftHarvey M. MeyerhoffYuli OferBernard A. OsherMargot PritzkerAlbert B. RatnerOudi RecanatiAlbert ReichmannDavid de RothschildBernard SiegelBenjamin SteinbruchMichael H. SteinhardtSimone VeilLord Weidenfeld of Chelsea

honorAry boArd MeMbersMandell L. Berman, Franklin, MIJohn C. Colman, Highland Park, IL Manuel Dupkin II, Baltimore, MDHeinz Eppler, Palm Beach, FLPatricia Gantz, Harrison, NYMurray H. Goodman, Palm Beach, FLSylvia Hassenfeld, New York, NYJudge Ellen M. Heller, Baltimore, MDSaul Kagan, New York, NYJonathan W. Kolker, Baltimore, MDPhilip M. Meyers, Scarsdale, NYBert Rabinowitz, Antigua, West IndiesEugene J. Ribakoff, Palm Beach, FL*Donald M. Robinson, Pittsburgh, PAHenry Taub, Tenafly, NJEsther Treitel, Riverdale, NYMarshall M. Weinberg, New York, NYElaine K. Winik, Palm Beach, FL

boArd MeMbersHelen Abeles, Melbourne, AustraliaBruce A. Arbit, UIAClaude E. Arnall, Los Angeles, CA Daniel Bader, Milwaukee, WI Nora Lee Barron, Bloomfield Hills, MI Alan R. Batkin, Greenwich, CT Lisa Belzberg, New York, NY Elaine Berke, Encino, CA Angelica Berrie, Englewood, NJ Penny Blumenstein, Bloomfield Hills, MI Amy A. B. Bressman, New York, NY Stuart L. Brown, Bethesda, MDDr. Sidney Busis, Pittsburgh, PA Sandra Cahn, New York, NY Stanley Chais, West Hollywood, CA* Stanley M. Chesley, Cincinnati, OHElliott Cohen, Rancho Mirage, CAGeoffrey J. Colvin, New York, NYMichelle Diener, Surfside, FL Frieda Dow, Houston, TXAndrea Dubroff, Edgartown, MA Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, Jerusalem, IsraelChancellor Arnold Eisen, New York, NYFran Eizenstat, Chevy Chase, MDRabbi David Ellenson, New York, NY Edith B. Everett, New York, NY Larry Field, Highland Park, ILEva Fischl, Sydney, Australia Dr. Spencer Foreman, White Plains, NY Edward A. Fox, Highland Park, ILMartha Freedman, Houston, TXMorton L. Friedkin, San Francisco, CAJack Frydrych, Encino, CAElaine Galinson, La Jolla, CA

Rani Garfinkle, Boca Raton, FLMichael Gelman, JFNAMerle Z. Ginsburg, New York, NY Billie Gold, New York, NYDavid Goldberg, Shaker Heights, OHYoine Goldstein, Montreal, CanadaRichard C. Goodman, Chicago, ILNancy Grand, San Francisco, CAIrving Granovsky, Toronto, CanadaNancy Grosfeld, Bloomfield Hills, MIHarley I. Gross, Shaker Heights, OHRonald Grossman, New York, NYNancy Hackerman, Baltimore, MDAndrew S. Hochberg, Northbrook, ILMichael Horovitz, Minneapolis, MNAlan S. Jaffe, New York, NYKaren Jaffe, Norfold, VAMichael Jesselson, New York, NY Peter Joseph, Riverdale, NY Neil Kadisha, Beverly Hills, CA Betty Kane, Boca Raton, FLCarol K. Kaplan, Highland Park, IL Irene R. Kaplan, Potomac, MD Randall R. Kaplan, Greensboro, NC Arlene G. Kaufman, Palm Beach Gardens, FL Barbara Green Kay, West Palm Beach, FL Myra H. Kraft, Chestnut Hill, MA Harvey M. Krueger, New York, NY Alice L. Kulick, New York, NY Hon. Ronald S. Lauder, New York, NY Linda Laulicht, West Orange, NJ Nigel Layton, WJRAdele Lebersfeld, Boca Raton, FLJoseph Lebovic, Toronto, CanadaMichael I. Lebovitz, JFNAAlan Leifer, Newton, MAH. Fred Levine, Houston, TXDr. Michael J. Levinson, Memphis, TNStephen E. Lieberman, Edina, MNDr. Deborah E. Lipstadt, Atlanta, GA Arthur Loring, West Palm Beach, FLKris MacDonald, Minneapolis, MNKathy E. Manning, JFNAWilliam Marcus, Chestnut Hill, MAEdward Merrin, New York, NYDebby Miller, Greensboro, NCKaren S. Moss, Columbus, OHSandra Muss, Miami Beach, FLRebecca Newman, San Diego, CAJoseph H. Orley, Troy, MIMartin Paisner, London, UK Stanley Plotnick, Montreal, CanadaSteven Price, Scarsdale, NYStanley A. Rabin, Dallas, TXDr. Jehuda Reinharz, Newton, MA

Robert S. Reitman, Gates Mill, OHShepard Remis, JFNACharles K. Ribakoff, Boston, MAGeorge Rich, Short Hills, NJMichele Rosen, Seattle, WANigel Ross, WJRAlan E. Rothenberg, San Francisco, CAJay Ruderman, Rechovot, IsraelProfessor Carol R. Saivetz, Chestnut Hill, MAArt B. Sandler, Virginia Beach, VANathan Sandler, Los Angeles, CAPhilip Schatten, New York, NYJacob Schimmel, London, UK Rabbi Arthur Schneier, New York, NY Max Robert Schrayer, Highland Park, ILHoward Schultz, Dallas, TXHarvey Schulweis, Purchase, NYJodi J. Schwartz, New York NYLeanor Segal, Montreal, CanadaBetsy R. Sheerr, Philadelphia, PAPaula Sidman, West Newton, MABeryl D. Simonson, Philadelphia, PAIsrael Singer, Lawrence, NY Mark B. Sisisky, Richmond, VADr. Irving A. Smokler, Boca Raton, FLTerri Smooke, Beverly Hills, CAEdgar Snyder, Pittsburgh, PAEdward Sonshine, Toronto, CanadaRichard G. Spiegel, Excelsior, MNJerome Spitzer, New York, NY Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, Jerusalem, Israel Susan K. Stern, Scarsdale, NYMarc Suvall, New Rochelle, NYJane Ellen Swergold, Westport, CTRoselyne C. Swig, San Francisco, CASteven C. Taub, Demarest, NJ Louis B. Thalheimer, Towson, MDAndrew H. Tisch, New York, NYPatricia Werthan Uhlmann, Prairie Village, KSElizabeth R. Varet, New York, NYCaryn Wolf Wechsler, Bethesda, MDPenni Weinberg, Moreland Hills, OHJane G. Weitzman, Greenwich, CTJoseph Wilf, Hillside, NJMark Wilf, Short Hills, NJM. Kenneth Witover, Oyster Bay Cove, NYJacqueline Woolf, La Jolla, CAJoyce Zeff, Englewood, COHarold Zlot, Ross, CALois Zoller, Chicago, IL

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